Tinsel skein packaging



May 1', 1934. R, T. FRE-:Y

TINSEL SKEIN PACKAGING Filed July 6, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1- WITNESS Y MLM MJA-s ATTORNEYS May 1, 1934. R. T. FREY 1,957,256

TINSEL SKEIN PACKAGING Filed July 6, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fia-MW ATTORN EYS Patented May 1, 1934 PATENT OFFICE TINSEL SKEIN PACKAGING Rudolph T. Frey, Montclair, N. J., assigner to Paper Novelty Manufacturing Co., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 6, 1933, Serial No. 679,179

3 Claims.

`My invention relates to the packaging of skeins y of vtins'el used in the ornamentation of Christmas trees and as a decorative adjunct in connection Lwith. the trimming of furniture customary during ya holiday season. The tinsel which is formed rin skeins and the packaging of which is an object of myinvention is usually formed of lead vand tin foil, in the form of long strands known in. the novelty trade as tinsel icicles. Hereto- .,fore, in the packaging of such skeins of tinsel, it has been necessary to secure the strands of foil together to form the skein by a band of paper, a` strip of tin foil, or the like. The banded strands of foil were then secured to a sheet of cardboard, one end of which was provided with two circular Nrecesses opening upon the end of the sheet of cardboard, the two portions of the skein passing through such recesses, the two free portions of the n skein being permitted to lie against the one face rofr the cardboard sheet, the sheet carrying the skein then being inserted into a carton. The disadvantagesr of this prior method of packaging have been that the skein was not positively secured to the backing sheet of cardboard and was .therefore liable to destruction or disturbance of the proper positioning of the strands as the backing sheet and skein Were removed from the box. A further disadvantage of the prior art method of packaging was that by using a at backing sheet of cardboard, the strands of foil comprising the tinsel icicle were not in substantially continuous and even contact with the inner surface of the face of the carton, so as to make it possible to have the tinsel show through appropriately disposed apertures in the face of the carton, which apertures, together with the tinsel showing therethrough, could form an appropriate and pleasing design with certain printed matter upon the face of the carton, for instance, holly or a Christmas candle.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a backing sheet of cardboard, upon which the skein of tinsel or decorative silver icicles are securely mounted by means of a tongue bent inwardly and passed through a slit in the body of the cardboard sheet, so as to pinch between such tongue and the face of the sheet the strands of foil constituting the tinsel skein. In this manner, the skein is securely fastened in position upon the backing' sheet so as to eliminate the possibility of disrupting the proper disposition of the strands of Hioil upon the surface of the backing sheet, either While the skein is contained Within the carton in which it has been packaged or in the course of rits removal from such carton.

(Cl. 20G-46) In accordance with'rny invention, I also provide the cardboard backing sheet with two integral side strips running the length of the sheet and bent from the face of the sheet so as to be substantially at right anglesr to Such face, the width of such side strips being substantially the same as the width of the carton into which the skein upon its backing sheet is to be inserted. By this construction, I insure the proper positioning of the strands of foil within thepackaged carton and their uniform and even distribution throughout the inner surface ofthe front face of the carton, so that the strands of foil are pressed against the entire inner surface area of the face of the carton, so as to have such strands of foil virtually ll the apertures in the face of the carton to present a pleasing and novel effect of a silver background in conjunction` with the variously shaped apertures and the appropriate printed matter provided on the face of the carton.

A still further feature ofV my invention is the provision of the end edges of the backing sheet with a series of serrations so that such end edges are formed with notches having a series of pointed saw-teeth throughout the length of such edges, whereby the strands of foil passing over the end edges of the backing sheet are more or Vless uniformly distributed over the entire surface of the backing sheet.

In accordance with one form of my invention, the skein of foil is secured by means of the tongue upon the rear face of the backing sheet or blank, the skein being then turned over the serrated edge of the blank so as to lie against the front face of such blank. In accordance with the second form of my invention, the skein of foil is secured by the tongue upon the front face of the blank.

The two forms of the invention are shown by way of illustration rather than by way of limitation in the accompanying drawingsV in which Fig. 1 is a plan View of the blank of cardboard used as the backing sheet supporting the skein of foil; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rear face of the blank with the skein of tinsel secured thereon by the tongue; Fig. 3 shows the front face of the blank after the skein of foil has been turned over the edge of the blank, so that the strands of foil are distributed over substantially the entire front face of the blank; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig.

a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 shows a modified form of the blank forming the backing sheet for the skein of foil showing in dotted lines the position of another blank as the two blanks are punched from one sheet of stock; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the modified form of backing sheet with the skein of foil secured thereto; Fig. 9 is a top View of the blank `and skein secured thereto shown in Fig. 8;n Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the packaged carton; and Fig. 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Fig. 10.

Referring more particularly to the drawings.

thereto, the width of such strips being sub' stantially the same as the width of thefcarton v1.5, into which the skein of foil mounted upon the .backing sheet is to be inserted. The sheet is provided with a tongue 16 extending from its .upper edge as clearly shown in Fig. 1, theV sheet having a slit 17 in its face at a point belowl the Vextended tongue .16. The upper and lower edges of .the sheet are provided with series of serrations 18 and 18', respectively, presenting a ,series of pointed saw-teeth throughout the length of such edges.

In packaging the skein of foil 19 in accordance with my invention, the skein is positioned upon the Sheet with the central portion thereof over-y lying the lower extremity of the tongue 16 as shown in Fig. 2, the tongue 16 being folded over .such central portion of the skein and the pointed Vend of the tongue being inserted into the slit 17, 4so that such pointed end passes through the face of the sheet and protrudes from the reverse side. thereof.

When this operation has been completed, the portions of the skein extending from each side of the inwardly bent tongue are distributed substantially evenly .over the series of serrations 18 at the `top edge of the sheet 12, so as to lie against the reverse face of the sheet 12 and substantially over the entire area thereof, as clearly shown in Fig, 3. The backing sheet 12 and the skein -of foil distributed thereover are then inserted into the carton 15 by introducing the top portion of the backing sheet rst into the carton, the two side strips 13 and 14 being brought into substantially contiguous relation with the inner surfacesof the sides of the carton 1 5. After the backing sheet 12 and the foil distributed over the surface thereof has thus been inserted into the carton 15, the depending free ends of the skein of 4foil are tucked within the carton so as to overlie the serrated edge 18 along the lower edge of the backing sheet 12. It will be noted that the insertion of the skein and backing sheet into the carton in this manner causes the foil to be evenly distributed throughout the front face of the carton, the strands of foil being pressed against the entire inner face of the carton substantially filling the apertures 2O in the face of the carton and presenting a pleasing and novel effect of a silver background, in conjunction with the variously shaped aperturesand appropriate printed matter, provided on such face.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 7-11, the backing sheet 2l is provided with side strips 22, 23 and a tongue 24 extending from the upper edge of` the backing sheet, one

material were not overlapping as clearly shown edge of such extending tongue being substantially in the center of the carton so as to make possible the saving of card stock as the backing sheets are stamped out. By positioning the tongue 24 to one side of the center line of the backing sheet 21, I make it possible to stamp successive sheets of backing material without, the loss of card stock which would Vbe necessitated if the lengths of the "tongues of adjoining sheets of backing in Fig. 7; i. e. the tongue 25 of the second back` ing sheet, the bottom portion of which is shown vin dotted lines in Fig. 7, extends into the body of the backing sheet 21 adjacent to the tongue 24.

The 'backing sheet 21 is provided with a slit 26 and a series-of pointed saw-teeth 27 along the bottom edge thereof. V

In applyingthe'strand of foil to the backing sheet 21, the strand is placed near the upper edge of the sheet in the manneriillustrated in Fig. 2.7with respect to the first type of backing sheet, Vthe tongue 24 being folded over the center of the .skeink andthen passed Athrough the slit 26, so thatthe `Vend of the tongue protrudes through the rear faceof thebacking sheet 21. l The backing sheet land skein of foil .distributed Y .evenly over the face of vsuch backing sheetvare .then inserted into the cartonf28 .so as to have the strands of foil .pressed -.against` the entire inner area .of ,the face .of the carton,.presenting g5 a pleasing and novel'leffect of a silver background in conjunction with theyariously.shapedaperturesv 29 appropriate printed matter provided on'the faceof the carton.

The difference in the two embodiments vof invention of packaging the strand of foil Vis that in the first embodiment it is necessary to turn lthe strands of foil over theupp'er edge of the backing sheet, whereas inthe second- ,modication the" strands of foil remain upon the face of the back- 5 ing sheet, upon which theywere originally applied in theoperation of pinching the skein within the confines of the 'turned over tongue.

1. A backing sheet 'for use in packaging a .skein no of tinsel foil, comprising a sheet of cardboard or similar material having two integral side strips running the length'of the sheet and bent from the face of the sheet so as to besub'stantially at right angles to -such face, and an integral tongue ex- 35 tendingr from one end .of the backing sheet, such backing sheet beinglprovided with a slit adapted to have the free end of the tongue pass therethrough so as to secure askein of tin foil upon said backing sheet, whereby, when said sheet isV inserted into a carton with'the tinsel distributed over the face of the sheet opposite that to which the side strips are bent, the tinsel will be pressedagainst the inner surface areaiof the carton.

2. A backing sheet as claimed in claim 1 having .theupper and lower edges thereof provided with Y a series of pointedsaw-teeth, whereby the strands of lfoil passingover such end edges are uniformly distributed over the entire surface of the backing sheet. f

3. A tinsel foil package comprising a carton, the front face of which is provided with a series of apertures, a backing sheet Yhaving a tongue extending frorn Vone edge thereof, a skein of foil securedto said'backingsheeathe sheet being provided with a slit throughwhichthe lend of the tongue is adaptedto'be passed so as to clamp the skein upon the backingv sheet by means of said tongue, said backing sheet being provided with two integral sidestrips running the length 5 0 K muloVVV side of the backing sheet opposite that toward which the integral side strips thereof have been bent and so as to have sad'strands of foil positioned in substantial Contact with the inner surface of the front face of the carton.

RUDOLPH T. FREY. 

